The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-28

about you, lest you feel the garroter's
hug. Look through the broken win
dow pane, and see what you can see.
You say: Nothing" Then listen.
| What is it, "God help us!' No foot
lights, but tragedy ghastlier and
mightier than Ristori or Edwin Booth
ever enacted, No light no fire, no
bread, no hope.
Pass on through the alley. Open
the door. .Oh,"you say, lit Is locked"
No, IL Is not locked. 1t has never been
locked. No burglar would be tempted
To go in there to steal anything. The
door is never locked. Only broken
chair stands against the door. Shove
IL hack. Go In. Strike match. Now,
look. Beastliness and rags. See
those glaring eyeballs. BE careful now
what you say. DO not utter an insult,
do not utter any suspicion. IL you value
your life. What is that red mark on
the wally 1t Is the mark or murder
er's handl
Look at those two eyes rising up
out OF the darkness and out of the
straw in the corner, coming toward
you, and as they come near you, your
light goes out. Strike another match.
Ahl this is babe, not like those beau
tiful children presented in baptism.
This little one never smiled; II never
will smile. A flower flung on an aw-
fully barren beach. Oh, Heavenly
Shepherd, fold that little one in thy
arms. Wrap around you your shawl
or your coat tighter, for the cold wind
sweeps through.
Strike another match ALL Is IL pos
sible that that young woman's SCARED
and bruised face ever was looked into
by maternal tendernessy Utter no
scorn. Utter no harsh word. No ray
of hope has dawned on that brow fol-
many year. No ray Of hope ever
will dawn on that brow. But the
light has gone out. Do not strike an.
other light. Pass out and pass down
the street.
Do you know that IL Is In this third
watch of the night that criminals dc
their worst work. 1t is the criminals
watch.
Just so long as there are neglected
children OF the street, just so long we
will have these desperadoes. Some
one, wishing TO make a good Christian
point and to quote a passage Of Scrip
ture, expecting to get Scriptural pas.
sage in answer, said 10 one OF these
poor lads, cast out and wretched
"When your father and your mother
forsake you, who, then, will take you
cp?" and the said: 1.-THE perlice, the
, perlicep
In the third watch Of the night gam
bling does its worst work. Wha
. though the hours be slipping away
and though the wife be waiting in tn,
cherries homer Stir up the fire
Bring on more drinks. Put up NOR,
stakes. That commercial house tina
only little while ago put out slgr
, OF copartnership will this winter b,
wrecked on a gamblers table. Their
! will be many money till that vii
{ spring leak.
In the third watch of the night, pas
/ down the streets OF these cities, ant
I you hear the click of the dice. and tn,
sharp, keen stroke Of the ball on tn,
, billiard table. At these places mer.
chant princes dismount, and legisla
= tors, tired of making laws, take re
! spite In breaking them. All classes o
! people are robbed by this crime-th
/ importer of foreign silks and the deal
, or in Chatham street pocket handker
chiefs.
Perhaps there may be a stranger II
I the house this morning come from
(; some OF the hotels. Look out 70
: those agents of iniquity who tarr.
4 around about the hotels, and ask you
1 would you like to see the citys
Ayes "Have you ever seen tina
9 splendid building up town. "No.
Then the villain will undertake d
4 show you what he calls the "lions" an'
$ the elephants and after younl
s man, through morbid curiosity o
: through badness OF soul. has seen tn
0 'lions" and the elephants" he will b
!. on enchanted ground. Look out 70
I these men who move around the hotel
!; with sleek hats-and patronizing air
e and unaccountable interest about you
s welfare and entertainment. You ar
J, fool IL you can not see through II
They want your money.
p In the third watch Of the night, also
y drunkenness does its worst. Tn
a drinking will be respectable at
n O'Clock In the evening, a little flushed
: at 9, laxative and garrulous at 10, a
z III blasphemous, at IL the hat falls of
h at | the man falls 10 the floor askinl